FreeWheel concluded 2014 reporting strong growth and evolution in the digital TV market. The company’s Q1 2015 report shows those trend are continuing.Another quarter of growth and maturity is being led by “the new living room.” The same high-quality TV content that was traditionally consumed in the living room is today being experienced by the […]
Amino, experts in IPTV, has acquired Booxmedia, the Finnish cloud TV platform provider, enabling the company to offer TV Everywhere solutions to new market segments in OTT multiscreen TV. Founded in Helsinki in 2009, Booxmedia is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud TV platform provider. Its core product suite enables operators and service providers to launch “TV […]
MediaMelon, the smart streaming company, has introduced MediaMelon QBR technology, a new streaming approach that reduces bitrates for IP-based live or on-demand video services while improving video quality. MediaMelon QBR enhances today’s widely deployed adaptive bitrate (ABR) technology, lowering bitrate requirements for video streaming by 35 per cent on average while also reducing content quality […]
Ofcom has published research into UK audience attitudes to content on TV and radio. This covers what people find offensive on TV and radio, their awareness of and attitudes towards regulation and their understanding of advertising and product placement. The report also includes research on consumers’ access to and views on connected devices. The research shows
XiveTV, a digital video network offering one of the most extensive collections of long-form documentary entertainment, has announced its expansion to the Roku streaming platform. On the heels of its launch in February as the first-to-market mobile and streaming documentary network, XiveTV now counts Roku players and Roku TV models as part of a growing […]
Findings from broadband, media and entertainment industries analysis firm Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – added fewer than 10,000 net video subscribers in 1Q 2015, compared to a gain of over 250,000 video subscribers in 1Q 2014. […]
UK comms provider TalkTalk has reported a strong year of growth driven by more customers choosing bundled ‘quad–play’ phone, broadband, TV and mobile packages. In the last 12 months, over a million TV, broadband, fibre and mobile customers joined TalkTalk, which the operator says demonstrates the demand for value for money services. The popularity of […]
Ericsson has selected Evergent Technologies as a strategic global partner to accelerate the delivery of end-to-end solutions for OTT video services. Evergent has integrated its cloud based service management, product management, subscriber management, and billing platform with Ericsson Managed Player, and Ericsson Mediaroom Reach, the highly scalable platform for OTT video delivery to connected devices. […]
Satellite TV [DTH or DBS] revenues will overtake total cable TV revenues in 2015, according to Digital TV Research. Covering 138 countries, the Digital TV World Revenue Forecasts report estimates that satellite TV accounted for 44 per cent of the total in 2014, rising to 46 per cent by 2020. However, cable TV revenues
Deutsche Telekom has reported a quarterly profit helped by its US operations and the weak euro. EBITDA excluding special items rose to €4.57 billion. Profit was helped by €175 million from an out-of-court settlement with Liberty Global’s German unit Unitymedia over the acquisition of KabelBW. Europe’s largest telco by revenue said it still expected 2015 […]